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 kops is the easiest way to get a production Kubernetes up and running.  We like to think
 of it as "kubectl for clusters".
 
-(Currently work in progress, but working.  Some of these statements are forward-looking.)
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 Some of the more interesting features:
 
 * Written in go, so hopefully easier to maintain and extend, as complexity inevitably increases